Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) enhance the plant growth and productivity through wide variety of mechanism. The strains isolated from rhizosphere of Momordica charantia, mainly belonged to Bacillus, Azotobacter, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter. Nearly 50% isolates of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter and all the isolates of Bacillus and Azotobacter were able to solubilise tricalcium phosphate. | PGPR isolates from the rhizosphere of vegetable crop Momordica charantia Characterization and application as biofertilizer